IBJ’s most-read stories of 2015
Despite national attention paid to RFRA and Jared Fogle, most of IBJ’s top-read online stories this year were the result of deeply sourced reporting on people, issues and businesses specific to central Indiana.
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2015 TOP STORIES: Other big news from the year
2015 has ups and downs for area firms, local governments and their leaders, including American Senior Communities, High Alpha, the Pacers, Blue Indy and more.
Limbaugh show lands at new iHeartMedia station
The Rush Limbaugh Show—set to be dropped by WIBC-FM 93.1 next month—will continue to be heard on Indianapolis radio airwaves without interruption after being picked up by iHeartMedia Inc.
MORRIS: WIBC Limbaugh decision a tough one
Getting rid of Rush was the radio version of the Colts parting ways with Peyton Manning.
WIBC pulling plug on ‘Rush Limbaugh Show,’ takes long view
Dropping one of the most popular radio shows in this market over the last two decades is part of a plan to remain a dominant force, WIBC officials said. The show’s syndicator already is talking with other local stations.
WIBC slides further into ‘have it your way’ news
News is supposed to bring us facts even if they challenge our preconceptions. As two towering statesmen—Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Republican James R. Schlesinger—said, we are all entitled to our own opinions, but not our own facts.
BLOW: Plenty of racism above, below the surface
In an interview with the BBC last month, Oprah Winfrey said of President Obama: “There is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs, in some cases, and maybe even many cases, because he’s African-American.”
BLOW: Bullies on the bus reflect modern society
Those boys are us, or at least too many of us: America at its ugliest.
WINSTON: Why women will swing hard to Democrats
Would your business consistently do things to alienate 54 percent of its customers?
ALTOM: Limbaugh controversy comes with social-media lesson
The pressure brought on Rush Limbaugh’s advertisers was through technology that wasn’t commonly used back when the talk radio host was building his successful brand.